Excerpt from One Night Only, book two in the Executive Decisions collection!
One night only.
No. She couldn’t do it. It would tear her heart to shreds
tomorrow.
She hung helplessly suspended by tendrils of air and watched
them advance on her. What would she do if they forced the issue? She knew she
was powerless to tell them no. They’d know her heart wasn’t in it because
they’d always been able to tell when she was lying. She wanted them both with
every fiber of her being -- she just wasn’t sure she could give them up when it
was over.
“Guys, I’m serious.” She tried one last time to make them
see reason before she spread her legs and hoped they fucked her senseless. “I
can’t do this. I really can’t.”
“Can’t?” Raven asked. With a flick of his wrist, a thread of
air lifted the simple cotton dress from her body, leaving her floating slowly
toward the bed in nothing but her panties. She blushed and swallowed the groan.
Granny drawers. Of all the things she could have worn, she’d put on granny
drawers this morning. “Or are you just afraid?”
“Does it really matter?” She tried to cover her breasts with
her hands. Hiding the granny drawers would be impossible.
“It does.” Hawk flourished his hand and her arms were gently
pulled away from her chest. “Don’t cover yourself, Sophie.” His voice was husky
and his face became hard, as if he were angry. “Don’t ever cover yourself in
front of me.”
Raven glanced at his brother with an annoyed look. “Either
of us.”
Hawk blinked and shook his head. Sophie was gently lowered
to the bed, and she scampered backward to grab a pillow to shield herself
despite his warning. She couldn’t help the shiver of anticipation, and she knew
she’d creamed her granny drawers but good. Would they leave her in peace now?
“What do we do?” Hawk asked his brother. “We can’t share
her.”
“We can’t?” Raven raised an eyebrow. “Do you honestly think
this wasn’t set up with that specific purpose in mind?”
Hawk looked shocked, then his features melted into a smile.
Finally he chuckled lightly, followed by all-out laughter. “That sly, conniving
witch.”
“Would you have dared it otherwise?” Raven, ever the serious
one, merely rolled his eyes and shook his head at his brother’s lack of
emotional control. “Go secure the doors downstairs. I’ll have a talk with our
reluctant charge and explain things to her.”
“Whatever you say, brother. But if I come back and she’s
worse than when I left, I’ll have to turn you into a goat.”
Still chuckling, Hawk left the room, and Sophie heard him
skip down the stairs. She was left with Raven and, if it was possible, was even
more anxious than before.
“You’re not going to leave, are you.” She made it a
statement because there was no question the two men would take what they
wanted. They always had.
“No. But I want to know why you’re so reluctant. Don’t you
find us appealing? Have we been so rotten over the years that you can’t even
give us one night?”
All Sophie could manage was to swallow and shake her head.
She clutched the pillow to her chest as if it were the only thing saving her
from certain doom. How could she tell him the reason she couldn’t was because
one night would leave her longing for every night for the rest of her life?
“Then what’s the problem?” Raven sounded so reasonable, she
felt like a petulant child not answering him, so she sighed and bit the bullet.
“I can’t do one night with the two of you, Raven, and
it’s cruel of you to ask it. Even worse than that, your grandmother is in on
this.” Speaking it aloud hurt more than she imagined it would, and she had to
swallow the lump in her throat. There was no way she could go home after this.
She’d always look at the men -- her men -- knowing she could never have
them, and she’d feel awkward in front of Mrs. Grinnich. She obviously expected
Sophie to have sex with her grandsons, but what was supposed to happen after
tonight?
Raven narrowed his eyes. “Why would you think less of Mamaw
for this?”
“What happens to me after tonight, Raven? What happens to
the three of us?” She was shedding her self-control in her embarrassment and
anger. Besides, she might not have always been comfortable around Raven, but he
was a constant in her life. Someone she had come to rely on. Someone who had always
been there, and she expected would always be there -- no matter what happened
after tonight -- in some form or fashion. “Do we pretend this didn’t happen? Do
we go on our merry way and forget what we did? Hell!” She dropped the pillow in
her agitation and crossed her arms under her breasts. “We haven’t even done
anything, and I already feel like there’s no hope for my future. Trust me. This
isn’t a good idea.”
Hawk cleared his throat, making his presence known from the
doorway. “Pardon me for saying,” he drawled as he leaned against the frame,
“but neither of us has mentioned anything about a one-night stand. Who says
this has to end here?”
Sophie opened her mouth to respond -- though she had no idea
what she was about to say -- when Raven advanced on her. “Enough. I want you.
Now.” He shed his slacks and button-up dress shirt so easily, he had to have
used magic, though the spell was so subtle Sophie couldn’t see or hear him
initiate it. “If you truly find me so repulsive, say so now. Otherwise, I plan on
giving you a night none of us will ever forget.”
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